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Grok Imagine Image 2.0 API Cost

A 1K · medium Grok Imagine Image 2.0 image costs $0.043, against $0.06 at the official price. What you spend depends on image size, how many images you make and how many you keep — here is what real work costs, what a monthly budget buys and how to spend less.

1K · medium image
$0.043
official $0.06
1,000 images
$32.86
1K · low
1,000 images / month
$42.86
1K · medium
Below official
up to 29%
failed runs: $0
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Try it

Try Grok Imagine Image 2.0 — the price is on the button

Runs on your balance at the price on the button; failed runs are refunded. Results are saved to your account.

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Calculator

Calculate your Grok Imagine Image 2.0 cost

Pick the size, your monthly volume and how many tries you keep. Every figure is a live quote.

Size
Tries per keeper

Per month · 100 generations

3.29

$4.00 at the official price

Per image
0.033
Per kept image
0.033
Saved per month
$0.71
Saved per year
$8.57

Live prices · failed generations are free

Cost drivers

What drives the Grok Imagine Image 2.0 API cost

4 things set your bill. Prices are live; the full tier list is on the Grok Imagine Image 2.0 API pricing page.

Image size

The biggest lever. An image costs 1.7× as much at 2K as at 1K.

1K
$0.033
1.0×
2K
$0.056
1.7×

Quality

At 1K, medium quality costs 1.3× low: $0.0329 vs $0.0429 per image.

Task

Text to image and image edit cost the same: the input doesn't change the rate.

Takes you keep

Every successful image is billed, including takes you discard. Keeping one in three makes each kept 1K · medium image cost $0.13 instead of $0.043. Failed generations are refunded.

Real work

What images cost with Grok Imagine Image 2.0

Typical jobs priced end to end at today's per-image prices.

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 cost of common deliverables
DeliverableGenerationsTierOfficialCheaperGen
Concept exploration20 images1K · low$0.80$0.66
With a monthly plan: Pro $0.64Max $0.62
Product photo set12 images1K · medium$0.72$0.52
With a monthly plan: Pro $0.49Max $0.47
Ad creative variations50 images1K · medium$3.00$2.15
With a monthly plan: Pro $2.04Max $1.94
Blog illustrations for a month100 images1K · medium$6.00$4.29
With a monthly plan: Pro $4.08Max $3.87
Catalog of 1,000 products × 3 shots3,000 images1K · low$120.00$98.58
With a monthly plan: Pro $95.32Max $92.07
Hero images4 images2K · medium$0.32$0.30

Monthly plans lower prices on most models (shown under each price); you can still pay as you go. Pro $499/month · Max $4,999/month.

Budgets

What a Grok Imagine Image 2.0 budget buys

Images per budget at each size.

Grok Imagine Image 2.0: output per budget
Size$10$50$100$500$1,000
1K
$0.033 per image
3041,5213,04315,21630,433
2K
$0.056 per image
1819051,8119,05718,115

Yearly difference

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 cost vs the official price

The same monthly volume at 1K · medium, priced here and at the official price (verified October 18, 2026).

1,000 images / month

$42.86

$60.00 official

$205.70 less a year

10,000 images / month

$428.58

$600.00 official

$2,057 less a year

100,000 images / month

$4,286

$6,000 official

$20,570 less a year

Compare

A 1K image on other models

The same request on Grok Imagine models and the cheapest similar models, at each model's lowest price for that size.

Cost of the same request on Grok Imagine Image 2.0 and other models
ModelTierCostvs. Grok Imagine Image 2.0
FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
Black Forest Labs
1K$0.001−97%
FLUX 3 Image Klein
Black Forest Labs
1K$0.002−94%
Z-Image Turbo
Alibaba
1K$0.005−86%
GPT Image 2.5
OpenAI
1K · low$0.007−82%
Grok Imagine Image 2.0
xAI
1K · low$0.033—

Price is one input; quality, speed and features differ. Each model's cost page has its own breakdown.

Cost control

Keep Grok Imagine Image 2.0 spend predictable

The same rules in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Details in the billing docs.

  • Price it first. POST /v1/quote/xai/grok-imagine-image/text-to-image returns the exact price of any request, free.
  • Cap a request. Send max_cost_usd and a request priced above it is refused without charge.
  • Prepaid only. You can't spend more than your balance; auto top-up is optional and you set its amount.
  • Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full.
  • Every charge itemized. Each generation returns its exact cost, and the dashboard lists every charge.

FAQ

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 API cost questions

A 1K · medium image costs $0.043 (official $0.06). Prices run from $0.0329 to $0.0736 per image depending on size and quality, with no subscription needed and no minimum spend.

It depends only on usage. 1,000 images a month cost $42.86; 10,000 images a month cost $428.58; 100,000 images a month cost $4,286 (at 1K · medium). At the middle volume that is $2,057 a year less than at the official price.

Image size, quality and task. The quote endpoint (POST /v1/quote/{endpoint}) prices any request for free before you run it. Rates by size: price per image.

You pay for every successful generation, including takes you decide not to use. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while they are queued, are refunded in full automatically. To spend less per try, see Cheapest Grok Imagine Image 2.0.

Yes. Credits are prepaid, so you can't spend more than your balance. Pass max_cost_usd with a request and it is refused, without charge, if its price would be higher. Auto top-up is optional.

Our prices are live; official prices were verified October 18, 2026. Grok Imagine Image 2.0 is developed by xAI. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.